THURSDAY MORNING MIX

January 13, 2011

Scott Foley

I tripped across the music of Chris Brecht a couple years ago while rambling the internet. Upon contacting him, I discovered that he had actually once lived in the alley behind the radio station in Fort Collins. Now in Austin, Brecht's second album, Dead Flower Motel, takes a step towards LA psychedelic country rock, added to an already strong bed of alt.country. In all the best ways, Chris Brecht evokes the dusty poetics of Ryan Bingham, fleshed out with a full band and just the right amount of reverb.

Also on this Episode, we dive into Gurf Morlix's heartfelt tribute to Blaze Foley, and take our first bite of Lisa Morales' refreshingly rewarding Beautiful Mistake.

* Buddy Miller, "Midnight and Lonesome" Midnight and Lonesome (Hightone, 02)
* Civil Wars, "20 Years" Barton Hollow (Dualtone, 10)
* Jeff Finlin, "American Dream #109" Epinonymous (Bent Wheel, 04)
* Cadillac Sky, "Break My Heart Again" Letters in the Deep (Dualtone, 10)
* Jayhawks, "Blue From Now On (acoustic demo)" Tomorrow the Green Grass (American, 95)
* DB Rielly, "Don't Give Up On Me" Love Potions & Snake Oil (Shut Up and Play, 09)
* Ray Lamontagne & Secret Sisters, "You Can Bring Me Flowers (live)" Live Fall 2010 (Self, 10)
* Steve Earle, "Goodbye" Train a'Comin' (Winter Harvest, 95)
* Gurf Morlix, "Oh Darlin'" Blaze Foley's 113th Wet Dream (Rootball, 11)
^ Chris Brecht, "Not Where You Are" Dead Flower Motel (Chris Brecht, 11)
* Slim Cessna's Auto Club, "Angel" Buried Behind the Barn (Alt Tentacles, 10)
* Elvis Costello, "I Lost You" National Ransom (Hear, 10)
* Ryan Adams & the Cardinals, "Typecast" III/IV (Paxamericana, 10)
* Gregg Allman, "Please Accept My Love" Low Country Blues (Rounder, 11)
* Jason & the Scorchers, "Twang Town Blues" Halcyon Times (Courageous Chicken, 10)
* Lisa Morales, "I Am the Weakest Fool" Beautiful Mistake (Zairo, 11)
* Boulder Acoustic Society, "Where Have the Good Ones Gone" Champion of Disaster (BAS, 10)
* Tallest Man on Earth, "Tangle in This Trampled Wheat" Sometimes the Blues is Just a Passing Bird (Dead Oceans, 10)
* G Love, "Fixin' to Die" Fixin' to Die (G Love, 11)
* North Mississippi Allstars, "The Meeting" Keys to the Kingdom (Thirty Tigers, 11)
* Jason Isbell, "Chicago Promenade" Sirens of the Ditch (New West, 07)
* Jesse Dayton, "Back to Back" One for the Dance Halls (Stag, 10)
* Kasey Anderson, "My Blues My Love" Heart of a Dog (Red River, 11)
* Abigail Washburn, "Chains" City of Refuge (Rounder, 10)
* Gregory Alan Isakov, "Idaho" This Empty Northern Hemisphere (Self, 09)
* Decemberists, "Don't Carry It All" The King is Dead (Capitol, 11)